JTV Live : A Google Chrome Extension for Justin.tv
Since I started playing Starcraft 2, I have become a pretty big fan of e-sports, and in particular, of watching streams of games. The most popular site for streaming is Justin.tv, where you can find tons of high level gamers streaming their gameplay. However, Justin.tv’s site does not make it easy to find out which of your favorite streams are live at any particular time.
So, to solve this problem, I created JTV Live, a Google Chrome extension for helping you track which of your favorite Justin.tv streams are live.
Using the extension is pretty simple. Once you install it, a small TV / Monitor icon will be placed in the top right of your browser bar. Right click on the icon, select options, and enter your Justin.tv user name.
Once you have done this, you can click the icon, and it will show you a list of which of your favorite Justin.tv streams are currently online as well as how many people are viewing each stream.
Big thanks to Ben Griffith for working on the design of the extension and creating the icon.
If you run into any issues, or have any suggestions please post them in the comments.
Nice one brohan, don’t watch too many streams though, or you’ll never get out of silver ;)
Luuk
18 Jul 11 at 1:07 pm
Hi Mike,
I love this extension and swear by it for all my twitch.tv streamers. However, some big name Korean streamers (like MC) and now Destiny are using own3D.tv. Any chance of a similar plugin for that service???
Thanks!
Thankful Plugin User
1 Dec 11 at 6:29 pm
@Thankful Plugin User
Yeah, Ive noticed some of the Korean’s using OWN3d. Ill see whether they have an API and figure out the best way to add support (either in existing one, or as part of a new extension).
mike chambers
mesh@adobe.com
mikechambers
1 Dec 11 at 6:36 pm
@mikechambers
That would be amazing. An integrated plugin with both would be fantastic! I am not sure how much exposure this plugin has but post it up on /r/starcraft and let the masses know if you can get it done, I am sure there will be a huge audience for such a dual-plugin!
Thanks again!
Thankful Plugin User
2 Dec 11 at 9:37 am
Great plugin.
I have a few suggestions/requests that I think would make it really great.
I would prefer the option to have the pop-up alerts contain the name of the stream instead of a generic message.
It would also be nice to have some control over which accounts you are notified about, instead of all users you are following.
Final (bonus) request: is it possible to make an option to open the user’s stream in Firefox? (ad block for firefox works, chrome’s doesn’t block ads inside streams – yet).
Evan
8 Dec 11 at 8:14 am